ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 100998
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Date: | Saturday 31 March 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24H Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-50331 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Orkney Is/Kirkland, Walliwall, St. Ola -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed. Only one occupant survived the crash.
The crew killed, comprised of six members of the Norwegian Special Forces and a US Army Airforce crew of seven.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp http://web.archive.org/web/20160711165116/http://www.orcadian.co.uk:80/2015/03/ceremony-held-for-those-lost-in-wartime-plane-crash/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Mar-2015 11:49 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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